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These 80 species fall into two groups: baleen and toothed. A type of baleen whale, humpback whales reach up to 50 feet long. Talia Romito and Sophie Webb/Courtesy of NOAA. Called mysticetesâa word derived from the Greek for âmustacheâ and âwhalesââbaleen whales are toothless.
: a small gray to black baleen whale (genus Balaenoptera) with a whitish underside and a relatively narrow, pointed snout:a : one (B. acutorostrata) chiefly of the northern hemisphere âcalled also common minke whale, northern minke whaleb : one (B. bonaerensis) of the southern hemisphere that was formerly classified in the same species as the ...